1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

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1977 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Kent Benson 1976.jpg
Otis Birdsong UH.jpg
Phil Ford UNC.jpg
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Bernard King UT.jpg
The 1977 consensus first team. Clockwise from top left: Benson, Birdsong, Ford, King, Johnson, Green.
Awarded for 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
  1976  ·
·  1978  

The consensus 1977 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

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1977 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Kent Benson CSenior Indiana
Otis Birdsong GSenior Houston
Phil Ford GJunior North Carolina
Rickey Green GSenior Michigan
Marques Johnson FSenior UCLA
Bernard King FJunior Tennessee


Consensus Second Team
PlayerPositionClassTeam
Greg Ballard FSenior Oregon
Bill Cartwright CSophomore San Francisco
Rod Griffin GJunior Wake Forest
Ernie Grunfeld FSenior Tennessee
Phil Hubbard FSenior Michigan
Butch Lee GJunior Marquette
Mychal Thompson F/CJunior Minnesota

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
First teamSecond teamThird teamFourth TeamFifth Team
PlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchoolPlayerSchool
Associated Press [2] Kent Benson Indiana Otis Birdsong Houston Bo Ellis Marquette No fourth or fifth teams
Phil Ford North Carolina Bill Cartwright San Francisco Rod Griffin Wake Forest
Rickey Green Michigan Ernie Grunfeld Tennessee Phil Hubbard Michigan
Marques Johnson UCLA Butch Lee Marquette Tree Rollins Clemson
Bernard King Tennessee Mychal Thompson Minnesota Freeman Williams Portland State
USBWA [3] Otis BirdsongHouston Greg Ballard Oregon No third, fourth or fifth teams
Phil FordNorth CarolinaRod GriffinWake Forest
Rickey GreenMichiganErnie GrunfeldTennessee
Phil HubbardMichiganMarques JohnsonUCLA
Mychal ThompsonMinnesotaBernard KingTennessee
NABC [4] Kent BensonIndianaBo EllisMarquetteGreg BallardOregon Skip Brown Wake ForestRod GriffinWake Forest
Otis BirdsongHoustonErnie GrunfeldTennessee Larry Bird Indiana State Kenny Carr NC State Tony Hanson Connecticut
Phil FordNorth CarolinaPhil HubbardMichigan Winford Boynes San Francisco Bob Elliott Arizona Jeff Jonas Utah
Rickey GreenMichiganBernard KingTennesseeBill CartwrightSan Francisco Jack Givens Kentucky Cedric Maxwell UNC Charlotte
Marques JohnsonUCLAMychal ThompsonMinnesota Joe Hassett Providence Rick Robey Kentucky Anthony Roberts Oral Roberts
Butch LeeMarquetteTree RollinsClemson
UPI [5] Kent BensonIndianaBill CartwrightSan FranciscoLarry BirdIndiana StateNo fourth or fifth teams
Otis BirdsongHoustonPhil FordNorth CarolinaKenny CarrNC State
Rickey GreenMichiganErnie GrunfeldTennesseeRod GriffinWake Forest
Marques JohnsonUCLAButch LeeMarquetteCedric MaxwellUNC Charlotte
Bernard KingTennesseeMychal ThompsonMinnesotaFreeman WilliamsPortland State

AP Honorable Mention: [6]

See also

References

  1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-03-18. 2009-05-04.
  2. AP All-America Teams
  3. "USBWA Men's All-Americans". Archived from the original on August 27, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
  4. "NABC Division I All-America Teams". NABC. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  5. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans Archived 2009-07-21 at WebCite p.208
  6. "All-America Honors to Michigan's Green". Toledo Blade. Retrieved January 14, 2013.